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As governments gather later this month in Vietnam to sign onto the new UN Cybercrime Convention, Freedom House strongly urges states to refrain from signing and to instead pursue rights-respecting alternatives.
Read our latest policy alert here: freedomhouse.org/article/free...
📣 NOW LIVE: Australia #TransnationalRepression (TNR) case study
The Australian govt is aware of TNR and conducts outreach to diaspora communities, but their legislative and sanctions framework need reform to bolster the response.
Read our new analysis: freedomhouse.org/report/speci...
Over the past decade, Freedom House has supported more than 25,000 at-risk human rights defenders worldwide. Today we are launching a new campaign to support many more. Every dollar counts. Donate today at www.FreedomHouse.org/Donate
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The abduction of Beninese journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpè—who held refugee status in Togo—from a conference in Côte d’Ivoire demonstrates how #transnationalrepression (TNR) can imperil refugees.
Read more in our latest analysis: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
🟧 NEW TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION (TNR) WATCH: The purported involvement of Ivorian police in the forced return of a Beninese journalist to his home country underscores how cooperation between states facilitates #transnationalrepression: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
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Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom:
🟧 NEW TNR WATCH
📢 Freedom House Condemns Kirk Assassination, Calls for End to Pattern of Political Violence
🏆 Call for nominations for the 2026 Mark Palmer Prize
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As the US and European allies continue to pursue an end to Russia's war against Ukraine, we urge policymakers to find new, creative ways to hold Lukashenka accountable for his enabling of Putin’s war, and for continued repression in Belarus.
Read more: freedomhouse.org/article/repr...
In the wake of Jina Mahsa Amini's death three years ago today, we reiterate our solidarity with the #WomanLifeFreedom movement and urge the intl community to continue supporting the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations.
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"Democratic governments should not be fooled by Lukashenka’s recent attempts to curry favor with the United States. He must be held accountable for his domestic repression and for his participation in the war against Ukraine."
Read more: freedomhouse.org/article/repr...
On this #InternationalDayOfDemocracy, we are pleased to announce that @kettering.org has pledged $500,000 over 2yrs to support Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report, ensuring the continued production of our flagship annual report on the state of global freedom
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STATEMENT: We condemn the assassination of Charlie Kirk, whose murder is the latest in a series of attacks that threaten the basic operations of American politics, governance, and civil discourse.
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Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom:
🤝 Repression at Home Fuels Aggression Abroad: Now Is Not the Time to Ease Up on Lukashenka
✉️ Freedom House and Partners Urge States to Support Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia
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In violation of intl human rights treaties, Crimean Tatar activist Server Mustafayev was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory in 2018 and kept in pretrial detention for 17 months before his 14-year prison sentence on fabricated terrorism charges.
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Today fewer donors are supporting work that protects courageous journalists, activists, and other rights defenders around the world. This critical moment calls for new supporters to step forward, along with unprecedented collaboration.
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Ethnic Pashtun human rights defender Idris Khattak was detained for 2+ years in Pakistan until his conviction in December 2021 and sentencing to 14 years in prison.
No court ever determined that his pretrial detention was reasonable or necessary.
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Between 2007 and early 2025, Freedom House’s Emergency Assistance Program supported 17,000+ human rights defenders, orgs, & survivors globally. Amid funding cuts, unprecedented collaboration is needed to support those defending rights around the world.
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🟦 NEW POLITICAL PRISONERS WATCH: The misuse of pretrial detention is a common tactic that repressive regimes use to intimidate & silence perceived political opponents.
Last month we looked at 3 such cases in Pakistan, Nigeria & Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory: freedomhouse.org/article/poli...
We’re proud to be part of the Global Network Initiative, a unique multistakeholder platform advancing digital rights and corporate accountability. GNI’s 2024 Annual Report highlights key achievements from a year of rapid tech change — read more below👇
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Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom:
🆘 Rethinking Human Rights Protection: From Crisis Response to Sustainable Systems
⛓️ NEW Political Prisoners Watch
✍️ Assessing the Damage from Changes to the US State Department’s Human Rights Reports
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With its unique analysis and public database of quantitative and vivid visual evidence, the China Dissent Monitor (CDM) is a critical resource for people outside and inside China seeking to understand the country's social and political developments.
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After several months offline, the China Dissent Monitor (CDM)—our initiative to track dissent in the country—has been restored with the help of private donors.
But the future of CDM as a public resource hinges on continued financial support.
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The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine score an abysmal -1/100 in our 2025 #FreedomInTheWorld report, making them the least free country or territory on the planet.
Learn more: freedomhouse.org/country/russ...
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As President Trump meets with Vladimir Putin today in Alaska, we urge him to uphold his first administration's avowed refusal to recognize the Kremlin's claims of sovereignty over any territory seized by force, even if a ceasefire agreement temporarily leaves the Russian occupation in place.
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We will be closely following President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin as the two leaders discuss an end to the Kremlin's illegal war in Ukraine.
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The US State Department's recently released Human Rights Reports, which omit sections and obscure data on patterns of repeated human rights abuses, may allow for authoritarian regimes to evade accountability by claiming that cited violations are rare in practice.
🔗: freedomhouse.org/article/asse...
Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom:
🪧 What can we learn from protests in China?
📣 NEW: Calling for the release of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi
✉️ A letter to the Egyptian ambassador to the US
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We are pleased to announce that the Henry M. Jackson Foundation has awarded Freedom House $250,000!
Their gift will help Freedom House continue efforts to inform, mobilize, and support the defense of freedom. We are beyond grateful for this generous support.
More: freedomhouse.org/article/henr...
Their normalization undermines not just the rights and safety of those seeking public office but also impedes the conduct of free and fair elections amid 19 consecutive years of declining global freedom.
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We are saddened by the death of Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian presidential hopeful who was shot at a campaign rally two months ago in Bogotá.
These types of attacks against political candidates are increasingly common, impacting at least 20 countries according to #FreedomInTheWorld 2025.
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We also remain deeply concerned by Georgia’s rapid democratic backsliding, which threatens the country’s stability and integration within the democratic community—crucial protections against any future incursion.
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